price-to-earnings ratio
1price-to-earnings ratio — ➔ ratio * * * price to earnings ratio UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE P/E RATIO(Cf. ↑P/E ratio) …
2price to earnings ratio — ( P/E ratio) An accounting ratio defined as the share price divided by the earnings per share. Broadly speaking, the higher a company s P/E ratio, the more expensive the company and the more highly rated it is. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein… …
3price-to-earnings ratio — noun (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings • Syn: ↑P/E ratio • Topics: ↑stock exchange, ↑stock market, ↑securities market • Hypernyms: ↑ratio …
4price/earnings ratio — ( P/E ratio) A measurement of a company s rating, calculated by dividing the share price by the annual earnings per share. A high P/E ratio means the company is highly rated by the stock market, suggesting that investors think its prospects are… …
5Price/Earnings ratio — ( P/E ratio) A measurement of a company s rating, calculated by dividing the share price by the annual earnings per share. A high P/E ratio means the company is highly rated by the stock market, suggesting that investors think its prospects are… …
6price-earn|ings ratio — «PRYS UR nihngz», the ratio between the market price of a stock and its dollar earnings per share. A price of $64 with earnings of $8 per share has a ratio of 8 to 1. »The price earnings ratios of many blue chip…which had swollen far out of… …
7Price/earnings ratio — Shows the multiple of earnings at which a stock sells. Determined by dividing current stock price by current earnings per share (adjusted for stock splits). Earnings per share for the P/E ratio is determined by dividing earnings for past 12… …
8price/earnings ratio — (P/E ratio) One of the methods of measuring how highly investors value the earnings of a company. It is calculated by dividing the company s share market price by its earnings per share. Traditionally, a high price/earnings ratio suggests a… …
9price-earnings ratio — UK / US or price earnings multiple UK / US noun [countable] Word forms price earnings ratio : singular price earnings ratio plural price earnings ratios business a way of measuring the value of a company s stock by dividing the price for each… …
10price-earnings ratio — ☆ price earnings ratio [prīs′ʉrn΄iŋz ] n. the ratio of the current market price of a share of stock to the corporation s annual earnings per share …
